Estonia swept the podium at the 2018 European Fencing Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia on Monday, where Katrina Lehis, 23, was crowned European champion of the women's epee, while Kristina Kuusk, 23, took the silver and Julia Beljajeva, 25, took the bronze.

Lehis narrowly defeated Kuusk 15:14 in the final to be crowned European champion. Kuusk, in turn, had defeated Beljajeva 15:7 in the other semifinal, leaving Beljajeva with the bronze.

Erika Kirpu, 25, opened the tournament by defeating Germany's Ricarda Multerer 15:12 and thereafter besting Hungarian Anna Kun 15:14. In the round of 16, however, she was defeated in turn 15:13 by Kolobova.